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The foundation of this country wasn’t built by CEOs or laid by hedge fund managers. It was built by union workers.
Today, more than ever, we need you in this fight.
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IUPAT
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IUPAT
@GoIUPAT
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. We've been fighting for working people since 1887 and represent 140,000 workers across skilled trades.
Joined September 2008
- This is called “scabbing,” and it is participating in strikes. You’re just siding with management. Sorry bud, can’t be neutral on a moving train!the public has no obligation to participate in strikes!
- As of today, the Trump administration has halted approximately $100,000,000,000 in construction work across the United States. This administration is waging war on blue collar workers.
- Our union is proud to have been one of the first unions to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and our General President @Jimmy_iupat, along with our members, will continue calling on the federal government to stop funding the genocide. That’s a promise.
00:00 - Unionized women earn 23% more hourly than those without a union.
- We’d like to congratulate Brother Robert Henriques on his retirement, a member of @DC9_IUPAT local 806 for over 30 years. Rob is known among his brothers and sisters as one of the best 806 blasters in the industry and has worked on every bridge in New York and out of state.
- Everything the labor movement has ever accomplished seemed impossible until it was won.
- Right-to-work originated in the 1940s as a way to maintain Jim Crow in the South. By passing the PRO Act, we could override right-to-work laws all across the country all at once. Let’s put right-to-work for less into the dustbin of history where it belongs once and for all.
00:00 - There are nearly 3 million immigrants in the construction industry, and they deserve the same rights as all other workers. Our union stands with our immigrant members and all working people in this country — an injury to one is an injury to all.
- Let's put so-called "right-to-work" laws into the dustbin of history where they belong. Pass the PRO Act.
- Here’s what The New York Times had to say in 1886 right before The Haymarket Riot took place: “Strikes to enforce the demand for eight hours’ work a day may do much to paralyze industry, depress business and check the reviving prosperity of the country, but they cannot succeed.”
